Latest Contributions by RickAnderson

One thought on this...we did fix a bug dealing with Z values.  So if your data is using Z values, you need 10 SP 1 to resolve this issue. ... View more

Never got an e-mail from dborell.  If you are having the same issue, contact me so we can try to figure it out. ... View more

Not from the model, but that is built into the diagram template definition.  The concept of generate diagram is disconnect from the definition of what diagram type or template you want to generate against.  When you configure your schematic dataset, you create a template (version 10), or a diagram type (pre-10).  At that level of configuration you can specify a particular layout algorithm to be the default for that template.  Then anyone generating a diagram (from engine, server, desktop, GP etc...) using that template will automatically get that layout applied. ... View more

This is a posting in version 10 as is noted in the title...so it is not valid for 9.3.1. ... View more

One of the core developers looked at this and they found a bad declaration for that particular class.  So that is probably causing this issue in Java... .NET just manages to handle it.  It is too late for us to get it into 10 SP2 though, so if you require this fix asap, you will need to submit through the appropriate channels in order to get a hot fix. ... View more

It still looks like you have 1 route layer per bus route in your TOC.  What I am suggesting is 1 route layer that represents all the individual bus routes.  To do that, when you create a stop, you need to set the properties of that stop to a specific route name.  So every stop gets a route name.  If multiple busses go to the same stop, you will have multiple stops at that same location, each of them with a proper route name.  Then when you solve it, you have 1 route layer that represents multiple bus routes.  When you generate a diagram from it, that will be reflected.  See my attached screen shots showing this concept.  Multiroute.png shows the toc and the solver properties where you setup the different routes.  Initdiagram.png shows the diagram generated from this multi-route solver.  Finally, the afterpola.png shows the diagram after applying our partial overlapping links algorithm to separate the overlapping bus lines. ... View more

Not a java expert, so I can't be certain...  Anyway, the line you have commented out looks like it should be the better line to use.  In C# the code you want would look like this (and works just fine on several samples I have): ISchematicInMemoryFeatureClassContainer sifcc =(ISchematicInMemoryFeatureClassContainer) inMemoryDiagram; IEnumSchematicInMemoryFeatureClass enumInMemoryFC = sifcc.getSchematicInMemoryFeatureClasses(); enumInMemoryFC.reset(); ISchematicInMemoryFeatureClass schInMrmoryFeatureClass = enumInMemoryFC.next(); ... View more

The solution with Schematics and Network Analyst is based on one of the network solvers.  So as you already saw, you need to solve the route and then generate a diagram based on the route.  A route solver can have multiple routes inside it if needed, the documentation for network analyst will show you how to do that. If you don't have a 'network' (network dataset or geometric network), then for schematics to use the data, you have to define the connectivity.  So for your schematic link feature classes, you must create the OriginNode and ExtremityNode attributes and point them to fields (or a script attribute, function attribute etc... can be used) that contain the connectivity information.  This is basically like doing a custom query type of diagram because there isn't a real network to give schematics the connectivity information and therefore you have to use attributes to do it. It sounds like the best solution for your bus routes is to have 1 route layer that contains all the bus lines, then solve once and generate the diagram. ... View more

Hi, We need to create single line diagram for electric network which is in PGDB/SDE, especially for electric substations. Please let me know the procedure to generate single diagram for electric network...I have searched in the help, but could not find it. Please help. -Avi The answer to this depends on what version of software you are using and what your definition of a single line diagram is.  We see lots of requests for single line diagrams, but most requirements are not the same.  Usually you simply configure a diagram template that has a lot of node reduction rules to simplify the network and then run a smart tree algorithm to get the straight line look.  But, we would need much more information (an example would be best) of what you are trying to accomplish and what version you are using. ... View more

The dataset has pointers to the 'real' data that expects to be incoming.  So, if that real data is in a file geodatabase or personal geodatabase, then moving the dataset requires re-pointing.  You have to edit the dataset with the schematic designer application and fix the datasources. ... View more

Strange, not sure then.  Send me your contact info randerson@esri.com and I will get in touch.  Maybe we can setup an adobe meeting so I can see what is happening. ... View more

Is your data in a Geometric Network?  If not, then you have more complex configuration to do.  If so, then when you did the initial configuration of the dataset, did you import from a map document?  Did you uncheck any of the geometric network features?  The rule is that a schematic link must have end nodes. We need all the connectivity. So if you don't import everything from the geometric network, you will surely have cases where one of the end nodes is not configured and therefore the link can't be displayed.  So again, you need everything, including the net junctions.  Then if there are things you don't want on the diagrams, you configure Rules to reduce the nodes. Not sure what version you are on as it isn't indicated, but here is a 'quick start' posting for 10 (it is similar pre-10 but with different terminology): http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/1079-Beta-10-Schematics-Quick-Start-for-Utilities?highlight=schematic ... View more

Not common at all. Did you happen to drop and reload the GIS data?  Did anything else about the GIS data change (other than add/delete/modify features)?  Did you move the location of the FGDB that contains the schematic dataset?  Did you change any of the sde server information (instance, machine name etc...)?  You don't mention a version, so hard to give exact information or suggestions.  You can export a schematic dataset from one database to another.  Right-click the dataset in catalog and export it.  Usually best to keep the dataset in the same database as the base data (SDE in your case). Schematics keeps track of the classid's and objectid's of the related feature classes and features.  So if that information changes, you have to fix things on the schematic side.  Schematics also keeps track of database connection information and version information.  So if that changes, you have to fix things on the schematic side. If none of that has changed, then I would suggest trying to just create a new fgdb, new schematic dataset, new diagram template (type depending on your version) and generate a new diagram.  If that works, it will isolate a complete software issue or something wrong with that particular schematic dataset. ... View more

Hi Mark, Is your base data in a geometric network or a network dataset?  Also, what version are you using?  It looks like a geometric network probably.  Using a network dataset would allow those joining nodes to all be duplicated (i.e. each route has its own junction).  Then instead of using the Separate Overlapping Links, you would use our Partial Overlapping Links algorithm (POLA).  Separate overlapping links only deals with that particular link and doesn't have knowledge of what came before or after.  That is why you sometimes see that a route that was on the bottom of one segment ends up on the top in another segment.  Again, that would be different using the network dataset and POLA. Rick ... View more

I don't remember what version you are on and the post doesn't mention it, so I can't really give you a proper code example without it. Not sure I follow the sample question.  Joined_Pipe is the edge feature class that participates in the geometric network and is displayed in the 'Geographic' data frame along with other basemap layers.  When a user runs the model, they draw a polygon on the map.  From the polygon, we pick up the joined_pipe features.  Those are then used as the input for the schematic create diagram tool.  Does that answer the question? ... View more